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>All our legal protections ultimately depend on a democratic foundation -- undo that with misinformation and you don't have anything anymore.

No, they don't. They have never depended on an entity deciding what information should be disseminated and what information should not be.

This move isn't any different than AT&T or the one guy with a Gutenberg Press in your region deciding what you can and cannot read.

Our legal protections depend on the citizens and the government adhering to them.




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